Evan Halper

Democrats, unsurprisingly, are pushing the message that the president's party is responsible for the economic pain many are feeling, and the solution is to elect Democrats.

Well, we spoke Thursday on the show with Evan Halper of The Washington Post, who covers energy and global competition and asked how easy a fix would be if there was new leadership in Washington.

The only way you fix this problem, as long as we're gonna need this much fuel, is actually stop these wars, repair these refineries, get the trade going again, and, uh, that's a, that's a tough thing to make happen.

Alana, the obvious question then is how much could Democrats actually accomplish when it comes to lowering prices if they were to take back congressional control?

Let's get into all things diesel with our guests.

Evan Halper is here with us.

He's a business reporter at The Washington Post covering the energy transition.

Evan, great to have you.

That's Javier Blas.

He's a Bloomberg opinion columnist covering energy and commodities.

Also with us, Evan Halper.

He's a business reporter at The Washington Post covering the energy transition.

Yes.

And Washington Post business reporter Evan Halper is with us as well.

Evan, great to have you as well.

Hi, Jeremy.

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I'm joined this hour by Washington Post business reporter Evan Halper and Amy Myers Jaffe, director of the Global Energy, Climate and Sustainability Lab at NYU.

A lot of calls on the lines, but Evan, before we get to them, let me ask you this.

Analysts put it down to the US military successfully protecting shipments, an expensive new shuttle transfer system, and exporters turning to alternative overland pipelines to get their oil out.

Now, you'd think that would bring down the prices in the markets and at the pump, but as The Washington Post's Evan Halper told us, it's not that simple.

We're not seeing prices come down markedly.

Oil is still more than $100 a barrel.

Rural areas, which tend to have more people employed in agriculture, fishing, and logging, as well as longer travel distances, are particularly hard hit by the high prices of diesel and gasoline caused by the Iran war.

Yesterday, Gregory S. Schneider and Evan Halper of the Washington Post reported that the skyrocketing price of diesel has pushed Republican candidates even in staunchly Republican districts to call for an end to the war in Iran.

In Iowa, Representative Ashley Hinson, who voted four times against forcing Trump to end the Iran war and is now the Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, is one of those now complaining about the high cost of gas and diesel.

Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers of Michigan also previously supported the war, but now is saying the war with Iran needs to end and end quickly.